Syracuse police: Officers stanch bleeding of man stabbed by ex-wife

Syracuse, N.Y. -- Two police officers applied a tourniquet to the leg of a man who had been stabbed by his ex-wife Sunday night on West Onondaga Street, Syracuse police said today.

The officers first had to disarm the ex-wife, who police said held a knife to her ex-husband's throat as they tried to persuade her to drop it. The woman's daughter grabbed the knife while the officers distracted her, police said.

Her ex-husband, Elija Kimbrough, 71, was rushed to Upstate Hospital, where he was treated and stabilized, police said.

Police gave the following account:

Officers Scott Carns and Rob Harrington responded to a domestic dispute call at 677 W. Onondaga St. about 9:45 p.m. Sunday. When they arrived at the apartment, Davis held a knife to Kimbrough's throat as he lay on a bed.

Carns and Harrington tried to talk Davis into putting down the knife. As they did, Davis' daughter, whom police did not name, took the knife from Davis' hand.

The officers arrested Davis. Carns and a third officer who had just arrived, Thomas Lund, saw that Kimbrough had a serious leg wound. Lund applied pressure while Carns used a belt to apply a tourniquet until an ambulance arrived.

Davis, who had sustained a minor injury during the earlier fight with Kimbrough, was taken to Crouse Hospital. She was treated and released, then taken to the Onondaga County justice center. She was arraigned today in Syracuse City Criminal Court.